Prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma: The BCLC staging classification

Seminars in Liver Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 329-337

  Llovet, Josep M ^a   Brú, Concepció ^a   Bruix, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Prognostic factors; Staging

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; EARLY CANCER; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032879468     PISSN: 02728087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1007122     Document Type: Article

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